The Sun. — London, England, 1810-12-31 00:00:00

!jan. 'l9. W. Powlcr. sen. or Ca.lls.,street, sutilltwark, hat r; manuladurer„ at ten, at Guild!iall. •' ' •/!1 fan. 29. W. Rok4ton and T. 14Iorhall, Clieter, ba i nkers, at twelve, at Guildhall. ' i l lan. , 28 I. Nock°ld, of Colchester, hat-rnanufaaurer, at the Maid's Head Inn, Norwich. 1 jan. 21) D. Cnristie, et Bradt - I:Id, Berks, shopkeeper, at ten i: at the Upper Ship Inn, 'Reading. 4Alan. ts. tV, Fester, of Carburton•street, - coach-maker, at twelve, at Guildhall. v ' ill ti'' CERTIFICATES. • ;if Jan. 19 -• D. Sargent. of the Borough of Southwark, Bri ,F tish wine. merchant. . . 1 A.'Nordblatl and H.. Aliddleton, of Kingston.upon:Hull, If. merchants: • 1. Wright, sen. a Great Russell.street, Blooinsbury, up hol,terer. l' I'. 8r.41, of Nicholas-lane, merchant. - • i VI. Woodman, of I inie-strec.t-squ.re, merchant. i,T Itlilev and I Hunt, of Kingston-tipon=l - lu l .l, brewers. „ „` • 1 , .. r!.iise, ot.owtor, Devon, miller. T. I . ,wis, of broad : SM.:et, i!oningin;er. NI At i Aurivri- , Lisbon, i Malta, 3 Anhott, 2 Heligoland, Dublin, 4 Wateriord. Dus - 1 Waterford. , i;TOCKS ?HIS PAY At Twreveo'cLocK, 67i Red. Ann. - - 65. Consols - - 1' II L i IN. SCILE:vf QUI, FA I SUM AUDEAT ? LoNDu , M DAY, DECEMBER 31, 1810. " Windsor Castle, bec. 3.:, 1810 " His-]MAJESTY has passed a good and is rataer better this morn,ing. " M. BAILLIE. cc VV.IIeBERDEN. " R. WILLis." !, Windsor Castle, Dcc. 31, " HIS IV AJE"iTY Las pasied Is good night, and is as well to-day as lie was yesterday. 7 Signed, as above. ,This morning we received several Foreign Papers, by the Anholt 'and from which we !It've only.time to make the following extraas " STOCKHOLM, DEC. 15.—According to private letters received here from Riga, under ditte of the Ist uh. (0. S.) a new Ukase has been publiShed by the Emperor ALEXANDER, for the levying of 160,000 troops, whose destwatonwill be the fron tiers of Poland and Finland. Ex(' aa of a Letter from Am'sterdatn, 4.th Decem- ber, 10 : "'['lie greatest inquietude and agitation has pre vailed on the Exchange here slice last night. Con siderable failures are expected. One of the first .coininerciarbeitiseS' in oui tok,Vn . is on the point o f biting for :ise millions. We nevertheless hope that /b,fore night it will receive assistance. " Vrotnall - (patters we receive nothing but:af . flieting, 'rwrvs. Distrust and fear completely sbaCkle c A) m airrce:' CURISTIANA, DEC. 15.—The levy of 4000 sea , men for : .the",strvice of. the LaiperiJl fleet in -the Scheldt is completed. They were to pas tlo- 90 1,./h the Swedish territory, but the Sv.edish Government objected, and they are shortly to embark for Jut land. \ • Tutu N,Nov. G tzette states, that by ac counts from Nice, the Dey of Algiers has, at 0 an, and in others of his ports, talienpos3ession of tii -vessels which the Freneh.privateers hare taken and brought, in there from the Nleditetraticati ; in consequence•his AlajestY the Empetor. has issued a Decree, ordering all the Algerine ships •at present in French ports to.be detained. :J We had occasion ,to 'call the attention Of the Pu blic, a . few days ago,' to a .rnost dangerous and_ un constitution4 doctrine, advanced by the Morning ChroniVe,,respe6.lingihe Ptotest;signed by theloYal Dukes ; a doatine whiCh is:ould, in effect, create those illustrious persons into a` new estate in:the .ConatitutiOn., not co-equal with-, :but: paramount to the Lords and Comtnons,.. The Clwoniele has not !. egain repeated that 'prppoSitiOn to its lull extent—it has not again ventured to express its astonishment: that the Houses of Palliament sl,c,uld 'think proper ........ . ,•. . t `to ad in conformity to a plecedcnrestabli.shed 'after! the fullest consideration, "•ritttkvithstanding the un... nimcns declatatiOn and protest of all the branches' of the !loyal Family." But it has adv'anced• other 'f:lo . drines,.ii not t,o monstrous and revolting, at least' as to be.juoAetl, uvon thcr acknowledged'prin-. ciple's ofilie Constitution. 'Aftcr.statingohat three, protests had been entered upon the Journals of the, • Lords, in consequence ofth6. i decision. of la , t, it proceeds—" They are signed by the Prince 4, of the Blood, as well a.s by a numerous body of, " Peers; and will thus - rema,n a monument for ", posterity against', the. exatnple of a vote which " strikes so directly at the first principles of the " Constitution." We trust that we shall not be.suppoled to mean any thing like disrespect to the Royal Dukes, when we contend, that. In .a Constitutional point of view all Peers of Parliament are *equal, and that the rights of the junior B.tron arc equal, as a Peer of Parlia -tueut, to !he •first Duke in the Kingdom. We ne ver till now heard a contrary doarine advanced, and ,wc certainly aid not expect to. hear it controVerteJ, fur the first time, in" a Paper which always Pro fesses `its' admiration of what are called Whig Principles. But the ' part of the above paragraph to .which we object most ,strungiy, as being most indecent .as well as unconstitutional, is, the in= s inuation, or rather the assertion, that the decision of the Majority of the House rot Peers on Friday, strikes at the first principles of the Constitution. It is not new, we confess, to hear the Oppos:tion Writers - and Sppakers contend in tavour of Minori ties, but we re-assert, that it is neither decent nor constitutional to state, ilia; a Majority of the House of Lords, consisting of one hundred Peers, at.‘ting, . upon a most `solemn occasion, and following an esta blished prece,ient, have, by their vote, strt.ck diteEtly at the first priori ; les of the Constitution.— We should' be glad to know upon what o + grounds this bold assertion is madek for none are stattd, ex cept' that the dissentient Peers hare entered .a pro test against the decision of the Majority. We wish the Morning Chronicle would favour us with argu ments, instead of assertions, upon this subject.— Candour or itistice tdwards the present Alini,teis we have ' , nu right, to expect from that Paper, but -.te we should have expected that it would have conde scended, at least, to . unswer Lord GREN VILL E'S argu tnent4,betore it passed so heavy' a censtife upon' his conduct. In the 'event of a change of Ministers, LbrctGatNv.lLLE, we piesurne r would be -recOnr mended by the Chronicle as the fittest. person•to put at the head of the newAdarinistratioil ; and yet we'are told by'that very Paper, that,upon one of the most important questions that ever occupied the at tehtion of Parliament, he has concurred in a y,ite that 'Sr strikes directly 'at the first principles of 'the Constitution." The Morning Chronicle'ot Saibrday thought pro per to assert, that Lord BuRGHERSH bad arrived frtim Portugal, and that, according to report, he .bronght an account of the'distressed state of cur army for want of succour:l; it also 'added,—" We have also " reason to believe that Lord WELLINGTON IS cort. " vinced of the utter zmpraaicability (f the Oa of his, expedition.''--The same Paper of this day . . corvains the following paragraph :—" We Are happy " to learn, upon inquiry, that the report of the .• Allies being distressed for provisions, by the non " airival of supplies from England,: is 'nut true. " Lord BURGHERSII was not charged with any con fidehttal communication to that effect ; and the " Noble Lord continues to entertain the 'most son guinellapes of Ultimate 'sticcess.— After this arne?ide honorable, Nye shall only express our, hope that. in future that Paper will condescend to inquire , before it circulates suet' glOOrny and un founded-reports reipeairil otir'artny,in Portugal. The acc.-ennti brought by the a / a lsing ham packet say;that one artily is ricitie best state of health and spirits, and are abundantly supplied with provi sions. _-The.'kiwo armies remain nearly in their former positions.,, ' `'4 The QUEE.N and Princesses ELIZ NnEvrti and MARY did ilot leave :Windsor Castle on iSaturcjay. incesses AvoosTA and, SopulA, .atkended by Lad) ELY, General,CAaTwRIGHT, Colonels TAYLOR, and DESBROV, .ro*Oe' on horseback in . Windsor Park on Saturday. - Tile Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE arrived at Windstir , on , Saturday, and went on a Shooting party. • On•-Satuiday Connt`GoTTOtt'r, Sir . StnNEY' SMITH, and Mr. COCKBURN, had a long interview with the •i Marquis of.,\VELLEst.EY at Ansley House-. Yesterday. Count GOTTORP Jett town. on•a visit to the. Marquis of BUCKINGHAM,•at - his noble mansion, Stow, in BuckingliarrOnre... The WEEN ,and RoyAl, FAMILY heard-Divine • Service performed io Windor Castle Yesterday ; afterwards they went to Vrogcnore,. anal returned to the palace at two o:clock.. „. It iy with sincere regret we state the melancholy loss of his Majesty's sloop of war the Satellite, of 16 gnus, commanded by the 'Ron. 'WmioUoußY BEHTIE, with all`the crew. She saiksifrqui Spit head on Monday, the i 7th in,t. to join the ships that were cruizing off Ca Hogue. On the Wed; nesday following,' at six o'cloCk in the evening; she • was in company with the Vnutour,:C,iptaid • Luss. It was then' brci,,OPg . ' , very hard; an:i in 'tjie course of the niglit,, i 4,e gale increased excessively, ; blowing in most tetripestuons ' one of these sudden gusts (which have be: U. eNperiericed, both at sea and 'on shoe, in a most extraordOry degreethis'w,i,n!er),,,She, it-is supposed, upset, and everysoul on board perished ! The ,next Morning her boats, some spars• Sze. which.were upon her deck, were picked up by the Vautour ; • but'no other sestige:of her has ever been seen. The,following Officers were on board her on the 30th ult. when she was last mustered i—Caplain Willoughby_ Bertie; Lieutenant R. S. Farquharson ; Lieutenant Thomas Nicholar; Rd. Cornby,_ surgeon ;. Jas. Sampson; purser; John Pearse, master; R. S. Kempster, master's mate ; John Hendeison,' carpenter ; Ben, jauhin BrOwd, gunner; GeO. Prout, boatswain; George Campbell, clerk ; A. G. Babington . and'Wm. Brooke, .midshipmen. Tile Hon. Capt. 13t/ITIE was son of the late, and brollter of the present Earl of ABINGD9N. He mar-, ried Miss Fistivit, late •of the Plymouth Theatre : .and what increases the 'distressing event of hiS death is, that . Mrs. BEitTIE (now . in,,Portsruouth) expects daily to be confined.—Captain ButtTo Nino 41114 29th year,. NAVAL NEWS. From: the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 2g, !no, • Admiralty Office, Dec. 29, 1810. Covy of a letter from Admiral Sit Roger Curtis, 134 t: Corn. Chief at Portsmouth, -addressed to loliniViiwn Croker, Esq. dated the 13th instant. SIR, I inclose a lever which I lia• e received from Cap tan Giant, of the Diana, infdrming me that the boats of that . ship, under vie Command of Lieu t-nant Rowe, had succeeded in setting fire to the enemy's frigate L'Ele4e, which was reported in his letter, transmitted .with mine yesterday, as having run ott shore to•the northward of Taiihou in at tempting to escape from La Hogue. I cannot avoid expressing my extreme satisfad (ion that Captain Gant, atter having so rt.% and arduously watched this, frigate to prevent her escape, has by his perseverance 'and judgment at length ac complished her desouCtion, it' appears by his report 'that — theconduCt of Lieutenaot Rowe, and the other officers and men employed wider him on this occasion, bas been highly meritorious. . I. am, Sir, &c. • • (Signed) Roon CURTIS. - His Majesty's Ship Diana, alfi.a Hogue, SIR, ' zith December Since I bad the honour ot . addressing.you by the Vautour, I have ascertained that the enemy's frigate was sofar'embayed and protected by Taiihon, and the batteries on the north shore, that nothing could It...dotte with the ship to prevent the enemy from working during the falling tide to save the stores, kalif that the ship was 'so comp:etely bilged that there appeared little chance of their heiog able :o save the hull ; hoW ever, as I once already had brea dcc'eiVed itt my expeciati , ais'of her being.destroyed, I determined to risk the coance of the boats being atile, to Set hen on fire, which set vice wes generally volunteered, notwithstanding the 'ship was com pletely under the fire of heavy batteries, and three armed brigs lying Within hail of her, anchored itninediatedy after. dal k, and gave. the,charge -of .the boats to Lieutenant Rowe,, of the Diana, in the barge, (who I knew would execute it if pOssible,) Mr. Bean the gunner, and Mr. Noble . the buatswia, who Illways ;volunteer ;: . Ltemeuatit Sparrow went in the gig to reconnoitre aed watch the brigs, to pre vent surprize, atid„ Mr. knoLker, Mustees,mate, went in the cutter, and, as the serv;ce requtred the least possible. )oss of time,. they 'took no oilier ma terials but rwo kegs of the combustible •matter re ceived from the Roman, and I aMb.ppv to say that, thitught . he waL% - was nearly - dp to her guar ter7deck, we had the. s,tti&iaction.in -au. hour from the tiwe they, left- thiSship to 'see her corripletely on ' fire.: The hattet-le ~brigi hotoethately opeoed a very heavy fire ef_roood grape, artst, as .our peoPle did not leave the, frigate until the fire took effect, it,is with. extreme pleasure I informlyou that not a single-mad W , is Emit; ,• Lieutenant Rowe speaks ha the strongest manner of 'all employed ui.der hiM, and I hOpe yob; will agree with ..we in thinkitig that: this service was most gallantly and well. executed ;, they have, brought .off with theiu the colours the frigate and two other ensigns. . , , Captain Collier very handsomely offered the, boats • olthe Cyane to assist, but as it was not to 14it done by force, I deemed it best to send the boats of this ship Only. .„ . Although there had. been. boats constantly em ployed, about . the enemy's frigate since .she .sati , on shore; they, had not cleared any 'part of the wreck.- I have; &c. • (Signed) CHARLES GRANT. Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, Bart. Commander itt Chief, - etft;. Sec. &c. Dec. e9, 1810. Copy of a I,..!tter 'from Rear Ailintral Sir Richard coodwitt Kg.tts, K. B. acl„tlresed to tldnriral Sir Charles Cotton, and transmitted to johp Wilson Croker,Esq.. . SI It, • liar, November 24, aio. Having, observed .. the:. enemy . .have eolle.Cted several gun-boats in the River of Santa Maria,-in a situation -st.r*tt to bombardment; -ar a -proper time of.tide yesterday, I placed the mor.ar'and' howitzer bOati ftrider 'the able direCt.on;zOt`C;plain"flill, which,(whilst the Dev'estation, Tfitinder, -and iEtna, with one division' of Spanish and two, divisions of English gun-boats under the zealous•Ceturnauct - of Captain Thomas F , Alo , ves and Lieutenant W. F. Cafrolli, successfully drewq.he attentien'and fire- of Fort Catilina,) threw, semingly with considerable etied, .sorde hundred shells among the gun-boats and abbut the place of construction, until.the wind coming' in trom the westward, made it necessary to. nhove . them out: ' We have not yet ascertained : what lias:been thei damage or loss on , the part of the enemy, 'but Wei have unfortunately on occasion to` ament the' death of esteemed arid,.respaale - young : officers, Lieut. Thos. Worth and Lieut. John Buck-, 1,,nd.,‘ of the Royal Mantic - Artillery, whos - e loss is tlitl,theme of. universal regret:, Mr: Samuel Haw kins, midshipman of the 'No'ge, also fell gallantly, which, With tbur ; Spanish and font . Englist seamen woithded, constitutes our loss in killed and'woun4ct, on-a service, the execution of _merits. my, warmest.preaise. , • • I have the honour-to be, 'BO. -7-- (Signed) • 'R. G. k,EATS. . , 4dmirally,Oilice,.Dec....2.9, 13 0.. Rear Admiral - Otway has transmitted to John Wilson Croke'', E4a letter he had, received - Capt, Manke, of his Majesty's late ship the Pallas, giving am account of the boats of that ship, having on the 13th instant, under tlie dire6tions of .Lieutenant M'Curdy, captured, in the cove of Siveraag, on the coast of Norway, two Danish cutter privateers, ono or four guns, and the other of two. FALMOUTH, DF:C. 28.—Sailed his Majesty's ship L'Aigle with the Portuguese and Mediterranean convoys ; Curacoa on a cruize ; and Prince Ernest packet' for Jamaica►. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Walsingham racket, Captain ROBERTS, from Lisbon with Mails, which have been landed and forwarded to Lonacti, 12 days passage ; she teas off tills Port yesterday afternoOn, but the - wind blowing strong from the Northward,- prevented her working into the Sound until this morning ; she brings intelligence that the armies remained in the same position, as per last . _ accounts. Tit l e packet spoke -on her passage the Amerioan ship Boston, all well, and the fol lowing are the passengers arrived here in her, viz. Capiam BROTHERTON,and Lieutenant TURNER, of the 14th Light Dragoons; Lieut. MacKwoaTu, Royal lAzileer4; and Sm;eon WHIT.II, Of the 88i:a • Rtgitnent. Arrived the Dart cutter, of and. from Gth.rnsey, BANFIELDII)3Ster, bound to tlie Brazils. DEC. 29.—Passed down Channel the Humber • hired. armed ship with a cotlvoy. Arrived his Majesty's ships Unicorn, of 3(.; gunl, from a crOize off Nantes ; of 38 'guns, Capt. &Luc:m.lu, float Lisbon ; Tafturus and Wu/veritie s of. 18 guns each, from. Portsmouth ; and Scylla, of 18 guns,. Capt. ATCHISON, from •a' ctuize in this Oliannel. Also arrived the Portuguese brig Integra frotit the , Brilzils, with a cargo, consisting t,t cotton, hides, - and tobacco, bound to London ; wa4 . cap tured by the -Fiend) privateer Lu &gatelle, and re captured by his Mje,ty's ship buldiaigable, of 3S guns, Capt. 4itououToN. . ' Sailed-the following packets, 'viz,. Duke Mini trose, BLEwETT, with Mails for Cadiz lown,send; COCK, for the Leeward Islands; and the li-indsor Castle, surfoN,. MailS for Detnerara ; also sailed his- Majesty's brig Virago, of 14 guns, Cap,' Lieutenant PITTMAN, with a fleet of transports some nf wine!) hive on bOard troops for Corh, and were driven in here some days since by c(inirary winds; -the ille:'usa, of 36 guns, with.bulloi;ks toe the squadron in -Basque Roads ; the cutter Lori, BA FIELD, Fiftin, for Cadiz • and Gibraltar ; the "graham, COBDEN, for Gibraltar ; the George, 'GEORGE, for Tiristoi ; th 4/4 for Stint Thomas's Ste phetz, ThuLsoN, for Martinique ; th e A iner i ca ri :Jury, DAVIS, for Ireland ; the Good intent, for Bri:tol; and the cutter Miranda, BLYTH, for inutit h. AiliVcd yesterday a transport, with. French pi' snners, from Spain. Came down from Earnpool and anchored. in.tht% Sound his Majesty's ship Korth Star, of i 8 gong/ Capt. Cos : this vessel, was to have sailed this d: with a 'fleet of merchantmen for the Downs, but , - is -now appointed convoy to Lisbon, and will sail next Tuesday, the Ist January, provided•the the wind is fair; his Majesty's ship iiomuhts, of 44 guns, takes convoy to the Downs, in,tead of the Alotrth Stcir, the former is' expected `o x sail to-rnoi rovi morning. '''Arrived the Union, BRowtl ; Christian,' Coos; and C 0772771'67; C , FooT, from London ; Indust , !I, SMITH, from Arbildel; the Pembroke, — M - onKi' , from Cowes,. with the remaining part of the carg°- of the sloop Tiger, COATS, wrecked there, Sailed his :Majesty's shtps Sc4tre for the statioa 61f*: Brest 3. and Favourite on a cinize. His Majesty's ships Armada and ilaliant are or` dered to the 'Downs. Arrived his Majesty's schooner It eaze! from I'•- 1 ' ritOut)t. Sailed "the itlul'le4. schOoner for Milford, and ill° Kiting schooner fur Basque Roads.. . . Went into Baropool his Majesty's ship Spa r " tan, to tepair the damage she sustained by rinntiog foul of a vessel... The Rhin frigate arrived bete thitrMorning has lost her main-topmast, main-yard, and furetor ~sail-yard. Arrived his ‘ Majesty's ship Ganges, of 74 guns, from Portsmouth ; and his,D4ajestA. 6llll) _Tartarus, having on board a number of AguCli prisoners.. DEAL, Dec. 30.7—Pasied through the Downs t be! = •. . Essex East-Indianian:' • Bailed his' Maje,ty's ships Bellona and Fisg!!"'' •to.the:Wi!st•ward 3 and the Raniagenef, for Pod'' trimith. . • Arrived the Tribude'from the Baltic. • ' BRISTOL, DEC. 29.1— . rtte , iday a dreadful ,stort7), accompanied.withAunder and lightning, visitej•th ii -• ,• ei citzandneighbOnthood: l'he waters o f the_Fii..9 lll overflowed its bank g s; , -and the valey,hetween city and Stapleton; was one continued . sho'!i ° water. The Welch snails - were prevented by the t e111 ; pestuous Weather from crossing tfit. paisage, - several letters trmtion, that an inundation 1:0 5 bcea general in the surrounding country. LEITH, Dec. 28.—The Fancy gram-brig arrived Jt ; Wednesday frornDun bar, ith part of tire oiticcrs men of the Pallas and. Nilnfpke frigates, which 1J now gdno to pieces. We 'uuderstmd that forty pent( deavc Nym seam and melal gate 4 the u terist the ri rnatr Dr bunt mita lenar tecov e veni confi poor nigh) of, Over than inter] Ca of V 1 sant. - Li to tai lant L' El is ail KIN 4 TI and Port ktate; prod '.e4; fair, Sealll ing Poit, chara lashe zobet Tl' moot 111 Hasp thotit the, S were be fi appal on three of fo borne on ►ti and • brlta The both On day ; Capt. ville;' (Pilo! that s of th they and fr runnti Pilot Nvhicl .1)(111a. ning t shortt strucli circus be SE' was a trustir imput forme I\l alterec the C tions. order, consid duct,• the sa bused, monis, blame him ti able t errone the nil cured, mon t I] tains J • Arch. Selby, Th( cembe King his tra At CHAst Winds had a KING, ti.q it